Calendar: Week of October 30

Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:

       
Monday sees the annual Equality Now gala in New York, dedicated to protecting the rights of women and girls around the world.

• equalitynow.org
  
• "Make Equality Reality Gala," honoring Gucci America president and CEO Susan Chokacki and Brisa De Angulo, CEO of A Breeze of Hope Foundation, October 30, 6 p.m., at Gotham Hall, New York City
  

        
Tuesday, of course, is All Hallows' Eve -- Halloween -- a night for ghosts, goblins, and trick-or-treating. 

• Gallery: Bizarre horror movie gems you probably haven't seen
  
• Gallery: The horror films of George A. Romero
  
• David Edelstein on the scariest movie ever
  
• Gallery: The films of horror master John Carpenter
• Gallery: The films of horror maestro Wes Craven
  
• 13 modern horror classics for any mood
  
• Gallery: Hollywood's evil children
  

            
Wednesday is World Vegan Day, raising awareness of animal rights and advocating the meat- and animal-product-free lifestyle.

• World Vegan Day (The Vegan Society)
  
• World Vegan Day on Facebook
  
• Recipe: Lentil and Eggplant Chile Mole with Cornbread (Isa Chandra Moskowitz)
  
• Recipe: Vegan pizza toppings (Chef Matthew Kenney)
  
• Recipe: Mom's tori no karaage Japanese fried chicken, Creamy butternut squash and shells, Kale-mushroom gyoza, Roasted kabocha squash salad and Vegan dark chocolate-avocado cake (Chef Candice Kumai)
  
• Recipe: Sunflower pesto pizza, Flora artisanal cheese tasting, Roasted cauliflower, green harissa and pomegranate, and Yuzu guacamole (Chef Matthew Kenney)
  
• Recipe: Black Bean and Vegetable Enchiladas with Pumpkin Sauce, Lentil and Tempeh Sloppy Joes, Portobello Mushroom Lasagna (Katie Lee)
  
• Recipe: Portobello Mousse, Truffled Toast, Grilled Portobello Mushrooms, Pear and Fennel Compote, and Tomato Cake with Smoked Feta (Chef Amanda Cohen)
  
• Recipe: Gluten Free Diet: Dreamy Chocolate Cupcakes by Kelly Keough (Chef Kelly Keough)
  
• Recipe: Cloris Leachman's & Dinah Englund's Cabbage Salad
  

 
Thursday's the night for the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, hosted by magician Penn Jillette, honoring the best in documentaries. 

• Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, November 2, 2017 at BRIC, Brooklyn, N.Y. | Full list of nominees
  
• In the category of Best Documentary the nominees are: 
  "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" (Director: Steve James)
  "Beware the Slenderman" (Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky)
  "Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds" (Directors: Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens)
  "California Typewriter" (Director: Doug Nichol)
  "Chasing Coral" (Director: Jeff Orlowski)
  "City of Ghosts" (Director: Matthew Heineman)
  "Cries From Syria" (Director: Evgeny Afineevsky)
  "Dawson City: Frozen Time" (Director: Bill Morrison)
  "Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis" (Director: Colin Hanks)
  "Ex Libris: The New York Public Library" (Director: Frederick Wiseman)
  "Faces Places" (Directors: Agnès Varda & JR)
  "Jane" (Director: Brett Morgen)
  "Kedi" (Director: Ceyda Torun)
  "One of Us" (Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady)
  "Spettacolo" (Directors: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen)
  "Strong Island" (Director: Yance Ford)

      
Friday, President Trump visits Hawaii, first stop in an Asian-Pacific trip that will also take him to Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

• Announcement of President Donald J. Trump's upcoming travel to Asia (whitehouse.gov)
  

         
And on Saturday, former first lady Laura Bush turns 71.

• Laura Bush (George W. Bush Presidential Center)
  
• Follow @LauraWBush on Twitter
  
• Laura Bush (National First Ladies Library)
  
• Former first lady Laura Bush offers advice for her successors (CBS This Morning," 09/18/17)
  
• Laura Bush on life after the White House ("The Early Show," 11/16/09)
  

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